If you want to hear J.S.Watts reading her poetry and prose live, or attend one of her workshops, check out the events below.
2022 Readings and Events
Events are limited this year in terms of public readings and events because of COVID 19. Keep checking back from time to time as circumstances change.
Weds 10 Jan (poetry & photography) W.I Event (Private Event)
Sun 6 Feb 4pm - 5.10pm (prose) Fiction Fix online
Weds 10 Jan (poetry & photography) W.I Event (Private Event)
Sun 6 Feb 4pm - 5.10pm (prose) Fiction Fix online
FREE
Sun 20 Feb 1pm-4pm (prose) Three Local Authors - Book Signing Iron Horse Ranch House, High Street, Market Deeping PE6 8EB
FREE
Weds 2 Mar 7.30pm (story telling) True Stories Told Live Cambridge
Sat 7 May 2.30pm - 3pm (talk, poetry & prose) Hertfordshire Book Festival Panel Gazebo, Hertford Castle Grounds SG14 1HR FREE
also Author Market 11am - 4pm Author Market Stalls Hertford Castle Grounds
Sat 9 July 12 midday (poetry & prose) Oundle Fringe Festival - My Writing Life Oundle Library, Glapthorn Road, Oundle, PE8 4JA
Tues 19 July (poetry & photography) Possible W.I Event (Private Event)
Weds 7 Sept (poetry & photography) W.I Event (Private Event)
2021 Readings and Events
There is not much booked this year in terms of public readings and events because of COVID 19 and lockdown. Keep your fingers crossed and do check back from time to time in case circumstances improve.
Weds 21 Jan (poetry) W.I Event (Private Zoom Event)
Tues 31 Aug 7.30pm (prose) Interviewing the writer Annalisa Crawford on the launch of her online via Zoom "poignant and action packed" novel "Small Forgotten Moments"
2020 Readings and Events
Weds 8 Apr 7.30pm (Poetry) Sudbury Cafe Poets Quaker Meeting House, 22 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CANCELLED IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19
Sun 3 May 2-4pm (Workshop) Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23£10 (£5 unwaged) WRITERS' CLUB IS CANCELLED IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Thurs 7 May 7pm (Poetry) Launch of #2, Fenland Poetry Journal Wisbech Castle Vaults CANCELLED IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19
Sat 4 July tbc (Talk, poetry +) Details to Follow Hertfordshire
CANCELLED IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19
Sun 5 July 2-4pm (Workshop) "Character" - Writers' Club online via Zoom
Funded by donation
Sun 2 Aug 2-4pm (Workshop) "Point of View" - Writers' Club online via Zoom
£5
Sun 6 Sept 2-4pm (Workshop) "Marketing - a personal perspective" - Writers' Club online via Zoom
£5
2019 Readings and Events
Sun 5 Jan 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Question Time' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 £10 (£5 unwaged)
Sun 2 Feb 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Critiquing Session' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 £10 (£5 unwaged)
Sun 2 Feb 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Critiquing Session' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 £10 (£5 unwaged)
Sun 2 Feb 8pm (Prose) Fiction Fix Samm's, 29 Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HA,
FREE
Sat 8 Feb 2.10pm (poetry) Verse Aid Poem-A-Thon The Society of Authors, 24 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4EH FREE https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/JSWatts
Sun 1 Mar 8pm (Prose) Fiction Fix Argo Lounge, 7 Bridge St, Peterborough, PE1 1HJ
FREE
Tues 3 Mar 8pm (Talk, prose) Book Night at the Courtyard The Courtyard, Pendrill Court, Ermine Street North, Papworth Everard, CB23 3UY
FREE
FREE
Sat 8 Feb 2.10pm (poetry) Verse Aid Poem-A-Thon The Society of Authors, 24 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4EH FREE https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/JSWatts
Sun 1 Mar 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Self-Publishing with Julie Stock' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 £10 (£5 unwaged)
FREE
Tues 3 Mar 8pm (Talk, prose) Book Night at the Courtyard The Courtyard, Pendrill Court, Ermine Street North, Papworth Everard, CB23 3UY
FREE
Sun 3 May 2-4pm (Workshop) Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
CANCELLED IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19
Sun 5 July 2-4pm (Workshop) "Character" - Writers' Club online via Zoom
Funded by donation
Sun 2 Aug 2-4pm (Workshop) "Point of View" - Writers' Club online via Zoom
£5
Sun 6 Sept 2-4pm (Workshop) "Marketing - a personal perspective" - Writers' Club online via Zoom
£5
Sunday 11 October 4-5pm (Prose) Fiction Fix online
2019 Readings and Events
£10 (£5 unwaged)
Sat 19 Jan 11am (Talk, poetry +) Society of Authors Talks - My Writing Life Croxley Green Library, Barton Way, Croxley Green, Herts WD3 3HB.
FREE
Sun 27 Jan 8pm (Poetry) Draper's Arms Poetry Gig The Draper's Arms, 29-31 Cowgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LZ.
FREE
Thurs 31 Jan 7.30pm (Poetry) Spoken Word Southern Maltings, Kibes Lane, Ware, Herts., SG12 7BS
FREE
Weds 6 Feb 8pm (Talk, poetry+) Book Night at the Courtyard The Courtyard, Pendrill Court, Ermine Street North, Papworth Everard, CB23 3UY
FREE
Thurs 21 Feb 7pm (Talk, poetry+) Society of Authors Talks - Writing & Me Hertford Library, Dolphin Yard, Maidenhead Street, Hertford, SG14 1DR
£3
Sun 3 Mar 2-4pm (Workshop) 'The Middle' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
£10 (£5 unwaged)
Weds 20 Mar 8pm (Poetry) Poetry Swaps Cellar Bar, Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Mary's Street, Stamford, Lincs., PE9 2DL
FREE
Sat 13 Apr 8pm (Poetry) Saturday Sound Stage at the Compasses The Compasses, High Street, Stansfield, Suffolk, CO10 8LN
FREE
Sun 5 May 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Editing and On-the-day Critique' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
£6
Sun 7 July 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Narrator' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
Thurs 5 Sept 7pm (Prose) Vanguard Readings @ Harlow Playhouse Harlow Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1LS
FREE
Sun 8 Sept 7pm (Poetry) Sunday Night Lives The Flying Pig, 106 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LQ
Sat 19 Oct 10.30am (Talk, poetry+) Hertfordshire Writers Talks - Writing and Me Buntingford Library, 77 High Street, Buntingford, Herts, SG9 9AE
£2
Sun 3 Nov 2-4pm (Workshop) 'What's in a Name?' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
Fri 8 Mar 7.30pm (Poetry) Waterlight: a Journey Down the River Mel Melbourn Hub, 30 High St., Melbourn, Cambs., SG8 6DZ
£6
Weds 20 Mar 8pm (Poetry) Poetry Swaps Cellar Bar, Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Mary's Street, Stamford, Lincs., PE9 2DL
FREE
Sat 13 Apr 8pm (Poetry) Saturday Sound Stage at the Compasses The Compasses, High Street, Stansfield, Suffolk, CO10 8LN
FREE
Sun 5 May 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Editing and On-the-day Critique' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
£10 (£5 unwaged)
Sat 25 May 2pm onwards (Poetry/Prose) Pando Festival Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE28 3
(Ticketed Festival)
Sat 1 June 2.30pm approx (Poetry) Strawberry Fair Wild Strawberries Stage, Eastern Bloco, Midsummer Common, Cambridge
Fri 21 June 8pm (Poetry) Words Without Frontiers The Ellen Terry Suite, Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre, Stevenage, Herts.,Sat 25 May 2pm onwards (Poetry/Prose) Pando Festival Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE28 3
(Ticketed Festival)
Sat 1 June 2.30pm approx (Poetry) Strawberry Fair Wild Strawberries Stage, Eastern Bloco, Midsummer Common, Cambridge
FREE
£6
Sun 7 July 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Narrator' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
£10 (£5 unwaged)
Sun 4 Aug 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Ideas & Appropriation/Fiction from Reality" - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
Sun 4 Aug 2-4pm (Workshop) 'Ideas & Appropriation/Fiction from Reality" - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
£10 (£5 unwaged)
FREE
Sun 8 Sept 7pm (Poetry) Sunday Night Lives The Flying Pig, 106 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LQ
FREE
£2
Sun 3 Nov 2-4pm (Workshop) 'What's in a Name?' - Writers' Club Twisted Cellar, 30 South St, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23
J.S.Watts reading at Stevenage Festival, June 2019 as part of Parnassus poetry (photo with thanks to Chris Ripple)
J.S.Watts reading at the Feminist Poetry Jamboree, "Holding The Line", Kings Cross, London - 8th April 2017
(photograph by Matt Widgery)